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Marilyn M. writes “It looks like Microsoft is getting desperate about the dismal rates of Silverlight adoption by consumers and developers since its release earlier that year. According to NeoSmart Technologies, Microsoft is preparing a fully Silverlight-powered redesign of their website, doing away with most HTML pages entirely. With by 60 million

visiting Microsoft.com a month, Microsoft’s last-ditch effort might be what it takes to breathe some life back into Silverlight. The exposition notes: ‘At the moment, very few non-Microsoft-owned sites are using Silverlight at all; let alone for the entire UI.’”

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